Any Symptom Requiring Colonoscopy
Conditions
Brief summary
* A commercial 3-dimentional magnetic imaging system (Olympus ScopeGuide) is available for routine use during colonoscopy. * No randomised trials have been performed to evaluate if, and to what extent, the use of this technology may improve the coecal intubation rate and reduce the patient's experience of discomfort and pain by making the insertion of the endoscope easier
Detailed description
Endoscopist at different level of experience are to participate. Patients routinely referred to the outpatients department for colonoscopy are asked to participate in a randomised trial where coecal intubation rate and pain experienced by the patient are end-point. Written informed consent is obtained. For each endoscopist, allocated patients are randomised to colonoscopy with no imaging technique (usual care) or using the 3-dimentional imager.
Interventions
DEVICEOlympus ScopeGuide®, 3-dimentional magnetic imager
Sponsors
Sykehuset Telemark
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* A successive series of patients referred for routine colonoscopy
Exclusion criteria
* Age under 18 years * Pregnant women * Persons with pacemaker * Unwillingness to restrict sedation to on demand * Inability to understand the information given
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain experienced during colonoscopy | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Coecal intubation rate | — |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed